Stillness
I need days like today
Quiet
Dark
Raining
Cool
Pain surging through my lower back
With every little move
So stillness is the order of the day
No frenetic activity
No urgent motion
Just quiet sitting listening to the waters flow
Just listening to the heartbeat grow
Toward a restful anticipation of good
I sense these things amongst the woods
The forests of soul and spirit
I hear the beckons, I might be near it
I might be far away
Yet I would know nothing of anything this rainy day
Without the colors of the quiet
Autumn leaves outside my window
Bright reminders of brighter days
Shorter, still
I gaze out from the windowsill
There is always a spring after the winter
My soul for so long broken, splintered
Now the humus is ready for growth
Up into that never seen, never known
Up into all that has been known by the ancients
Up into all that is made to be me
I see the stately redwood trees
Are still with steadfast smiles
They’ve never moved an inch, a mile
Yet they know the vastness of the oceans
Because they understand the life of stillness
Quiet
Dark
Raining
Cool
I have a day in wisdom’s school
I have a day in the stillness
And I am so grateful for it
11/27/18
Songs From the River 
Finding such inspiration from a back problem is truly impressive, to touch the universe in the stillness. I think that many of us, including me at times, add to the pain by becoming frustrated and angry. I’d say that not only you have learned from it, with sharing it’s a lesson for all of us. (And an amazing photograph.)
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Thank you, thank you. That’s why I wrote this. It seems inspiration tends to come when all one can do is be still and wonder. 🙂
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Stillness. Pain surging through the lower back. Your imagery is how I am, at this moment. Quiet and feeling. I love this. The words necessary. Thank you ❤️
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Thanks Shayleene. Glad you liked it and glad it spoke to you.
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